People v. Hanrahan

PRESIDING JUSTICE McGLOON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Homer Hanrahan, was convicted of murder, aggravated kidnaping, and aggravated battery. Defendant’s convictions were affirmed on direct appeal. (See People v. Hanrahan (1978), 64 Ill. App. 3d 207, 380 N.E.2d 1075, appeal denied (1979), 72 Ill. 2d 583, cert, denied (1979), 444 U.S. 828, 62 L. Ed. 2d 36, 100 S. Ct. 53.) Defendant filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court appointed counsel for defendant who adopted defendant’s petition. The State’s motion to dismiss defendant’s petition was granted…